| Description |
309 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
My Tai chi / Lou Reed -- Making a book / A.M. Homes -- What is Tai chi?: the Chinese say you meet the hard with the soft, the yin with the yang, the down with the up -- Starting out: doin' the things that we want to -- Practice: I'm beginning to see the light -- Chen Village: the earth has changed its course -- Ren Guangyi: the power of the heart -- Meditation: life's like Sanskrit read to a pony -- Tai chi in art: caught between the twisted stars, the plotted lines the faulty map -- Tai chi on tour: hey man, what's your style? -- Tai chi in public: just say "go" and that is that, I'm a New York City man -- Mastery: I accept the newfound man, and set the twilight reeling. |
| Summary |
"A stunning, richly illustrated book of essential wisdom-covering Tai chi, mindfulness, creativity, and the art of living and dying from rock icon Lou Reed, edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Reed, Lou.
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Reed, Lou -- Literary collections.
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Tai chi.
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Martial arts -- China.
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| Genre |
Nonfiction.
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Interviews.
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Autobiography.
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Biography.
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| Added Author |
Anderson, Laurie, 1947- editor.
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Berwick, Stephan, editor.
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Currie, Bob, editor.
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Richman, Scott, editor.
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My Tai chi |
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Collection of Lou's writing on Tai chi and conversations with friends, teachers, and fellow practioners |
| ISBN |
9780063093539 pbk. |
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